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Video plays on mobile devices continue to increase and Ooyala is forecasting that, by the middle of 2018, more than 60% of all video starts will occur on mobile devices.

The Q3 2017 edition of Ooyala’s Global Video Index (you can download it here) showed the share of smartphone and tablet video plays increased for the 24th consecutive quarter, making up more than 58% of all starts, a record.

Consumers in APAC watched 11% more video on mobile devices than those in North America, according to Ooyala’s Q1 2017 Global Video Index, a variance that shows that there’s little homogeneity in how content is consumed globally and underlines the need for solutions that don’t follow a one-size fits all strategy.

Ooyala’s Q4 2016 Global Video Index found that a publisher’s ad-supported content that’s distributed globally has a different – sometimes radically different – viewer profile depending on the region in which it’s watched.

There were more video views on mobile devices in Q3 than on any other device, continuing a growth trend that began with the earliest iterations of Ooyala’s Global Video Index. But it’s the kind of video that viewers are watching on mobile devices that we found most interesting in Ooyala’s Q3 2016 Global Video Index.

In the latest Index, released today, Ooyala said 44% of all video views in the quarter were on mobile devices, an increase of 844% since the second quarter of 2012, and a compound annual growth rate that exceeds 110%.

Ooyala released its Q1 2015 Video Index today (download it here) capturing the shifting viewing trends of more than 220 million unique users in nearly every country in the world, spanning Ooyala’s 500+ customer base of the world’s largest broadcasters and publishers. This quarter’s report shows mobile viewing now accounts for 42% of all online viewing.

Don’t miss Tuesday’s webinar, Inside the Numbers, where we take a deeper dive into the Q4 2014 Video Index.

The free webinar will take a look at mobile video views – which soared in December – and how the continuing migration of advertising dollars from broadcasters and publishers is changing the landscape of online video.